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we just picked up a new intern this month. they did ok in the interview but it was mostly that their dad works with us that they got a job this summer. this week while we were waiting for a meeting to start one of the other devs asked him about the tools he typicaly uses.
he started talking about these vibe coding IDEs and i had to look them up. WTF! but now it is all making sense. who goes to a 4 year uni getting a cs degree and can't navigate a terminal? this is going to be a long summer.
My buddy got one of those. Immediate stopped doing group work and set about rebranding himself as an AI Automation Engineer. He's missing SO MUCH of the basics but sure talks a good schtick and is climbing the ladder so fast. After meetings we kinda wonder whether he really believes all that stuff. It's very worrying.
the path up in many companies is an upside down pyramid of incompetance. you use to fail your way up but now it is about how much koolaid you drink.